Improved folding chair



f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

NIOHOLAS\COLLIGNON AND CLAUDIUS O. COLLIGNON, OF OLOSTER, N.

IMPROVED FOLDING CHAIR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 96,778., dated Novemberlf3, lGJ.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, NICHOLAS COLLIGNON and CLAUDIUs O. COLLIGNON, ofCloster, in the county of Bergen and State of New J ersey, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Folding Chairs; and we do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecifica tion.

This invention relates to chairs which fold up into a small space,whereby they are rendered much Inore convenient for transportation andstorage than chairs of ordinary construction; and it consists in thepeculiar arrangement and combination of parts, as hereinafter more fullydescribed.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure l represents a sideelevation of the chair, as when ready for use. Fig. 2 shows the chair asfolded up. Fig. 3 is a back side elevation.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the back, the sides of which extend to the floor, and form thefront legs, B B.

C C are the back legs.

D represents the seat, and E represents a brace on each side which ispivoted to the front and back legs, as seen in the drawings. The seat ispivoted or jointed to the side pieces, which form the back and frontlegs, as seen at f, and to the back or rear legs, as seen at g. Thesejoints may be formed by short pivots or bolts, or by rods extendingacross from leg to leg of the chair, as may be deemed best.

A suitable number of rounds, 7L, may conneet the back legs, C, and alsothe front legs, H, together. The back, as well as the other parts of thechair, may be inished in any style to suit the taste. It will sbe seenthat when the seat is raised, the upper ends of the back legs (againstwhich the back of the chair bears in supporting a weight on the chair)are thrown, down, and the lower ends are thrown up, and the chair willfold together, as seen in Fig. 2, thus rendering the chair much moreuseful than ordinary chairs, as it may be laid away wheh not in use, andmay be packed in boxes or in bundles for transportation.

We do no t confine ourselves to making chairs on this plan exclusively,as it will be seen that `settees may be made to fold in the same manner.We therefore propose to make folding settees as well as folding chairsin this manner. The ends of the back legs may be provided with pins,which shall enter holes in the back where the bearing comes, as atshould it be considered best to do so.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The seat D, pivoted to the front legs, B, and at its rear end to theback legs, C,where by the several parts are adapted to be foldedtogether, as herein shown and described, for the purpose speciiied.

2. In combination with the above, the brace E, arranged to operatesubstantially as described.

NICHOLAS COLLIGNON. CLAUDIUS O. COLLIGNON.

Witnesses:

MARIA FERDON, LIZZIE M. FEEDON.

